{"id":5960,"date":"2025-03-10T09:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=5960"},"modified":"2025-03-10T09:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:01:31","slug":"new-publication-national-collaborative-procurement-division-ncpd-service-enhancement-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2025\/03\/10\/new-publication-national-collaborative-procurement-division-ncpd-service-enhancement-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"New publication: National Collaborative Procurement Division (NCPD) Service Enhancement Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our National Collaborative Procurement Division (NCPD) have published their Service Enhancement Plan.<\/p>\n

The Service Enhancement Plan describes how the NCPD will develop its services to play an important role in supporting the delivery of Public Sector Reform and in helping to achieve the aims of the Public Procurement Strategy for Scotland and our Scottish Government Procurement Strategy.<\/p>\n

Through harnessing the collective buying power of the Scottish public sector, our NCPD have helped public sector customers to realise over \u00a3818 million in commercial savings over the last six years.<\/p>\n

NCPD are committed to working in partnership with customers to help gain best value for the communities they serve, whilst supporting an efficient public sector and the national economy. The plan has been developed through consultation with customers using our current framework portfolio with Centres of Expertise, and with our own staff.<\/p>\n

For more information, you can read the Service Enhancement Plan<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on our website.<\/p>\n

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For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit\u00a0www.gov.scot\/procurement<\/a><\/p>\n

Please email enquiries to\u00a0scottishprocurement@gov.scot<\/a><\/p>\n

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